#CC5E45#CC5E45

#CC5E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.146 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E45
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 41.87, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 54.63, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1205 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.146 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9815, 21.2762, 8.1570)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E45 #45B3CC

analogous

#CC456F #CC5E45 #CCA145

triadic

#CC5E45 #45CC5E #5E45CC

tetradic

#CC5E45 #6FCC45 #45B3CC #A145CC

square

#CC5E45 #6FCC45 #45B3CC #A145CC

split-complementary

#CC5E45 #45CCA1 #456FCC

monochromatic

#763020 #A6442E #CC5E45 #D98875 #E6B1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CC5E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CC5E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E45

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E45	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.146 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e79',
    500: '#cc5e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e45;
$custom-light: #e28e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61284,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E45

secondary

#99C9D3

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E45

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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